A Cincinnati museum director goes on trial in 1990 to protect the right of freedom of expression.

On January 20, 1942, 15 German officials attended a conference at Wannsee - on the outskirts of Berlin. The meeting comprised of mid-ranking SS commanders and a variety of government ministers. The meeting was organized by SS Major Adolf Eichmann under the direction of Chief of Security Reinhard Heydrich. It was a polite conference, but under this thin veneer of manners lay an evil intent. By the end of the meeting, the fate of six million lives would...

"A violent and chilling portrait of the Sicilian family's struggle to stay in power in a post-war America of corruption, deceit and betrayal." --

Set in Italy in the dark underworld of treasonous politics, finance and high society, Special Agent Dante investigates the mysterious murder of a high-ranking general where the only clue at the murder scene is a card bearing the crest of The Salamander.